Q: Is a laptop the first, most basic necessity that kids need in developing countries ?!

OLPC is about making the best laptop configuration for all kids, both rich and poor. True, OLPC expects rich regions to be able to bring money together for sensibilization, setting-up a lab, and bring it to a full deployment for their kids/educational sector themselves. OLPC gives additional support, goes an additional mile for kids in regions where there is no real education.

Replace the word "laptop" by "education" and you might be on track to the answer. OLPC has nice videos that answer this question: http://www.olpc.tv

Q: I'm very amazed no IT teacher nor governmental nor non-governmental belgian organisation nor the linux community/open source community and all university students in Belgium are not taking over here.

A: Yes, ja, certainement: Skype SvenAERTS has one and is living in Bxl. In fact.. the good people of OLPC liked my idea posted on the slideshare link above so much, they decided to pay me 5.000€ from march to the next 6 months minimum to develop an entity that's going to unlock this "Kyoto Protocol"/CO2e-Potential of OLPC.

In fact... I'm working in the castle - yes, you're reading this well - that OLPC has been donated by the euphoristic people of SWIFT-the interbanking money transaction provider or something in those lines. They happened to have a castle on their premises they didn't fully use, so decided it was a good idea to offer it to OLPC. What can one say to that ! And ... so now my presumably bright idea and big mouth found me working in an office in a castle. If only my friends, parents and wife would actually believe this.--SvenAERTS 22:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Q: RfC, what does it mean?

A: Request for Comments

RfC:Hi, i am jeff at jartisan dot com and am interested in promoting the OLPC in Beligum

To do list:

* write articles in Belgian press
* visit the ministry of development and education to inform them
* get them to order 1 million OLPC computers
* --SvenAERTS 22:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Done:

* Youth and the OLPC initiative:

== Hi,
I'm wondering if any Belgians out there are interested in buying one of these machines? J.==

Q. I'm very interested in buying one of them. Any clues to get one?
Martijn

Yes... Give One, Get one campaigns during X-mass holiday season. One of the bottlenecks of the project is that production cannot follow demand ... so OLPC first gives to those who need access to primary education most in the developing countries = the poorests kids in the poorest countries first. --SvenAERTS 22:36, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Why don't we first try to make a blog/forum thing so we can easily open discussions with all the (belgian) people who are interested in this matter. We'll have to do some serious research on this (like: who can help us doing what...) before we can go to an administrative organ... Imagine how stupid it would look :)

Q: My name is Pieterjan Heyse, interested in open source and education. I would like to volunteer to hack on those nice green devices. I could try to repair them. Will try and contact the dutch folks who have a repair centre. Is there anyone in belgium who has a unit ans can we meet up? My email is pieterjan (at) daar (punt) be